# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 484
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> [@FastDan1](#): > > **50s Monster Movies** > > 1. I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957) > 2. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) _…(the year I was born}_ > 3. The Blob (1958) > 4. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) > 5. Tarantula (1955) > 6. Godzilla/Gojira (1956) [if you have not seen the subtitled, uninterpolated _Gojira_ , you should] > 7. Them! (1954) > 8. The Crawling Eye (1958) > **9. Them! (1954)** Dupe! ---
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**50s Monster Movies** 1. I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957) 2. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) _…(the year I was born}_ 3. The Blob (1958) 4. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) 5. Tarantula (1955) 6. Godzilla/Gojira (1956) [if you have not seen the subtitled, uninterpolated _Gojira_ , you should] 7. Them! (1954) 8. The Crawling Eye (1958) 9. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) Oops! Fixed. ---
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**50s Monster Movies** 1. I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957) 2. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) _…(the year I was born}_ 3. The Blob (1958) 4. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) 5. Tarantula (1955) 6. Godzilla/Gojira (1956) [if you have not seen the subtitled, uninterpolated _Gojira_ , you should] 7. Them! (1954) 8. The Crawling Eye (1958) 9. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) 10. The Giant Gila Monster (1959) As seen on MST3K! Next: **Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond ---
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**Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond 2. Gran Torino ---
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**Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond 2. Gran Torino 3. Highlander ---
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**Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond 2. Gran Torino 3. Highlander 4. Cocoon ---
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**Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond 2. Gran Torino 3. Highlander 4. Cocoon 5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ---
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**Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond 2. Gran Torino 3. Highlander 4. Cocoon 5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 6. Inherit the Wind ---
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**Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond 2. Gran Torino 3. Highlander 4. Cocoon 5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 6. Inherit the Wind 7. The Old Man and the Gun ---
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**Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond 2. Gran Torino 3. Highlander 4. Cocoon 5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 6. Inherit the Wind 7. The Old Man and the Gun 8. Driving Miss Daisy ---
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**Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond 2. Gran Torino 3. Highlander 4. Cocoon 5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 6. Inherit the Wind 7. The Old Man and the Gun 8. Driving Miss Daisy 9. Absolute Power Could probably fill this list with Clint Eastwood films alone. ---
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**Films with main protagonists over 65** 1. On Golden Pond 2. Gran Torino 3. Highlander 4. Cocoon 5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 6. Inherit the Wind 7. The Old Man and the Gun 8. Driving Miss Daisy 9. Absolute Power 10. Harold and Maude Movie sequels made before 1980 1. The French Connection II (1975) ---
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Movie sequels made before 1980 1. The French Connection II (1975) 2. More American Graffiti (1979) ---
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Movie sequels made before 1980 1. The French Connection II (1975) 2. More American Graffiti (1979) 3. Rocky II (1979) ---
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Movie sequels made before 1980 1. The French Connection II (1975) 2. More American Graffiti (1979) 3. Rocky II (1979) 4. The Four Musketeers (1974) ---
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Movie sequels made before 1980 1. The French Connection II (1975) 2. More American Graffiti (1979) 3. Rocky II (1979) 4. The Four Musketeers (1974) 5. After The Thin Man (1936) ---
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Movie sequels made before 1980 1. The French Connection II (1975) 2. More American Graffiti (1979) 3. Rocky II (1979) 4. The Four Musketeers (1974) 5. After The Thin Man (1936) 6. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) ---
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Movie sequels made before 1980 1. The French Connection II (1975) 2. More American Graffiti (1979) 3. Rocky II (1979) 4. The Four Musketeers (1974) 5. After The Thin Man (1936) 6. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7. The Mummy’s Ghost ---
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Movie sequels made before 1980 1. The French Connection II (1975) 2. More American Graffiti (1979) 3. Rocky II (1979) 4. The Four Musketeers (1974) 5. After The Thin Man (1936) 6. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7. The Mummy’s Ghost 8. The Godfather: Part II (1974) ---
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Movie sequels made before 1980 1. The French Connection II (1975) 2. More American Graffiti (1979) 3. Rocky II (1979) 4. The Four Musketeers (1974) 5. After The Thin Man (1936) 6. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7. The Mummy’s Ghost 8. The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9. Airport '75 (1974, oddly) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=483) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=485)